I need to get speakup to wirk. Suggestions?

[Linux for blind general discussion]

I'm trying to use speakup with espeakup.
Espeakup says: "Unable to open the soft synth device: no such file or
directory".
I thought I'd installed speakup, but typing it gives "command not found".
I just downloaded a speakup tarball (that took some digging). Running
the makefile produces two errors that I don't understand.

What is speachd-up? Do I need it in addition to speakup and espeakup?

On 7/31/17, Linux for blind general discussion <blinux-list at redhat.com> wrote:
> Hi,
> Do you use espeakup or speechd-up, or some hardware synthesizer?
> If you use espeakup or speechd-up, kill all instances and start it from the
> graphical terminal with sudo.
> Then, switch to some text console and log in - you probably won't have
> speech on the login prompt.
>
> --
> Best wishes,
> Zahari
>
>   Linux for blind general discussion wrote:
> Mon, Jul 31, 2017 at 01:53:38PM -0500
>
>> I'm using Orca on Ubuntu MATE. I want to use several terminal
>> applications because I'm unsatisfied with the desktop apps I currently
>> use.
>> Orca's terminal support sucks.
>> I've installed speakup, but it never runs when I switch to terminal.
>> Any suggestions for fixes I might try? Thanks.
>>
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